Head rush Ajax a caffeinated learning guide to the world of dynamic web pages
Sick of creating web sites that reload every time a user moves the mouse? Tired of servers that wait around to respond to users' requests for movie tickets? It sounds like you need a little (or maybe a lot of) Ajax in your life. Asynchronous programming lets you turn your own web sites into sm...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sebastopol, California :
O'Reilly
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627176706719 |
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- Head Rush Ajax; Meet your author; Table of Contents (summary); Table of Contents (the real thing); Intro; Who is this book for?; Who should probably back away from this book?; We know what you're thinking.; And we know what your brain is thinking.; This must be important! Don't forget it!; Metacognition: thinking about thinking; So just how DO you get your brain to treat Ajax like it's a hungry tiger?; Here's what WE did:; Here's what YOU can do to bend your brain into submission; Read Me; Tech Reviewers; And there's a lot more...*; 1 Using Ajax: Web Applications for a New Generation
- The Web, ReloadedThe old way (think 1999); Welcome to the new millenium!; No more waiting around...; ...when you're using Ajax apps; Ajax apps are asynchronous, too; ""Reloads? We don't need no stinking reloads.""; Ajax to the rescue; Use Ajax to fix the web report...; Reworking the Boards 'R' Us report; The highlight reel: Chapter 1; HTML Refresher; Reviewing the Boards 'R' Us HTML; Step 1: Creating a request object; Step 2: Requesting updated sales; Adding the getBoardsSold() function; Sending the request to the right URL; PHP...at a glance; What the server used to do...
- What the server should do nowThe new script's URL; Initializing the connection; Let's break that down a bit...; Remember our checklist for getBoardsSold()?; Connecting to the web server; The server doesn't need any data.; Reviewing what we've done; There are still some missing pieces; Back to the HTML; Running getBoardsSold() from the web form; Adding an event handler; Step 3: Coding updatePage(); Ajax is asynchronous JavaScript; Where does the response go?; How we see web apps...; Introducing the web browser; The browser just helps out
- The browser gives the server's response to your JavaScriptWhat should the browser do with the server's response?; Sending instructions to the browser; Getting the server's response; The browser helps out again; Planning the updatePage() function; Make sure the server is finished; Ready states are connected to your request object's onreadystatechange property; Checking for the right ready state; Showing Katie some Ajax magic; Wait! Stop the presses!; What's going on?; 60 Second Review; 2 Speaking the Language: Making Ajax Request; Break Neck Pizza Delivery; What's the deal?
- Solving the pizza delivery problemNo kidding!; Break Neck Pizza, Ajax-style; Diagramming the Break Neck app; Be the Architect; Step 1: Get the customer's phone number; HTML 101: accepting user input; Event handlers connect HTML to JavaScript; Plan first, code later; Event handler roundup; On to the JavaScript; Use the DOM to get the phone number; Connecting the DOM dots; Step 2: Request the customer's address; getCustomerInfo() at a glance; Creating a request object; Plans change; Supporting multiple browsers; Don't annoy the customer!; JavaScript doesn't have to be in a function
- Back to getCustomerInfo()
